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OdailyOdaily Planet Daily reports that Anthropic, the developer of the AI model Claude, is advancing plans for a large-scale IPO. Underwriter investment banks including Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan Chase have arranged preliminary meetings between the company's management and investors to gauge institutional investor interest and investment scale. Anthropic's goal is to go public as early as October. If the listing proceeds as planned, the company could enter the securities market ahead of its competitor, OpenAI. Anthropic raised $65 billion in its Series H financing in May, with a post-money valuation of $965 billion; its valuation in the over-the-counter market has already reached approximately $1.2 trillion. Measures by the U.S. government remain a variable factor.The U.S. Department of War listed Anthropic as a national security "supply chain risk" enterprise in March, and Anthropic has sued the federal government over the measure; the U.S. Department of Commerce restricted foreign access to the top-tier AI models Fable 5 and Mythos 5 in June, lifting the export controls 18 days later.
Odaily Odaily Planet Daily reports that Paradis Labs announced on the X platform that Agility plans to go public via a SPAC merger with CCXI around the fourth quarter, with its stock ticker changing to AGLT. Its private placement fundraising amounts to approximately $640 million, with support from investors including AMZN, NVDA, SoftBank, DCVC, among others. Approximately 100 Digit humanoid robots have been deployed across 9 facilities including those of AMZN, GXO, Schaeffler, Toyota, and MELI. In Schaeffler's 8 deployed units and GXO's 3 pre-booked deployments, accuracy rates stand at around 98%. Agility states that the payback period for owning one Digit humanoid robot is approximately 1.1 years. Orders for Digit v5 exceed $300 million, with the version slated for release in 2026; the pipeline includes over 30 customers.Agility is the first company to utilize NVDA Halos for full-stack robotics safety. Its RoboFab facility in Oregon has an annual production capacity exceeding 10,000 units, with approximately 75% of components sourced from the United States. As annual production scales up to over 10,000 units, the bill of materials cost is expected to drop from $125,000 to approximately $15,000 to $20,000. Paradis Labs indicates that, combining technology and commercialization, Agility is the most advanced among Western humanoid robot OEMs; Figure's deployment at BMW remains controversial, TSLA currently does not sell any units externally, Apptronik has no current deployments, and Boston Dynamics has robotic products but its public listing progress is slower, with no customers expected at least until 2027.
Odaily Planet Daily reports: In response to the recent dramatic volatility of the ANSEM token, on-chain analytics platform Bubblemaps released airdrop distribution data on X. Crypto KOL Ansem distributed approximately $6.7 million worth of ANSEM tokens to over 700 wallets. The data shows:1 wallet received over $1 million worth of tokens;6 wallets received over $100,000 each;40 wallets received over $10,000 each; approximately 300 wallets received over $1,000 each;And about 400 wallets received allocations worth approximately $150 each.Analysis indicates that the largest single receiving address obtained 10 million ANSEM, accounting for about 1% of the total supply, corresponding to a value of approximately $1 million at a $100 million fully diluted valuation (FDV).
Odaily Odaily Planet Daily reports that global semiconductor companies are seeking opportunities for valuation restructuring during this cyclical upturn. SK Hynix's issuance of ADRs in the United States can be seen as one of the landmark moves, which is also expected to trigger follow-ups from more companies within the industry. Jefferies stated that Samsung Electronics may follow SK Hynix's lead by listing ADRs to enhance its valuation. He also added that chip stocks are at a turning point, and ADRs will serve as an important catalyst to drive their valuations. (Moomoo)
Odaily Planet Daily reported that NASDAQ-listed SUI Group Holdings Limited announced the expansion of its strategic lending partnership with Bluefin, a decentralized exchange on the Sui ecosystem. According to the revised digital currency loan agreement, SUI Group will lend an additional 4 million SUI to Bluefin, bringing the total loan size to 6 million SUI. At the same time, the company has increased the revenue sharing ratio from the original 5% to 11%, payable in SUI. The new funds will be used to support Bluefin's participation in the financing transaction for Bluewater's acquisition of Suilend, the latter being the largest lending and DeFi platform on the Sui blockchain. (Businesswire)
荷兰银行旗下 ABN Amro Investment Solutions 的首席投资官 Christophe Boucher 表示，参与 SpaceX 首次公开募股，类似于大约 15 年前买入加密货币，要么可能损失全部本金，要么可能获得指数级的回报。尽管有理由对埃隆·马斯克为 SpaceX 设定的约 1.8 万亿美元目标估值持怀疑态度，但仍需考虑其风险回报比。（Citywire）
Odaily Odaily Planet Daily reports that Swiss investment institution Multi Investment has announced the completion of a CHF 480 million (approximately USD 616 million) fundraising round, bringing its total assets under management to over CHF 3 billion. The initiative aims to further advance its portfolio diversification strategy, with a key focus on high-growth sectors including FinTech, Deep Tech, Blockchain, and Web3. Multi Investment plans to increase its investment intensity in these strategic areas before the third quarter of 2026, with multiple deals currently under evaluation. It also intends to rapidly expand its influence within relevant emerging ecosystems. (eqs-news)
Odaily Odaily Planet Daily reports that investors including Pantera Capital Management are pushing UK Bitcoin reserve company Satsuma to sell its $50 million Bitcoin reserve. In August 2025, Satsuma shifted to an "AI-driven" Bitcoin reserve strategy, successfully raising £164 million (approximately $221 million) through convertible loan notes. The round was led by ParaFi Capital, with participation from Pantera, Digital Currency Group (DCG), Kraken, Arrington Capital, and others.It is reported that Satsuma confirmed that some shareholders have "demanded a return of capital," but did not disclose the specific identities of those shareholders. In an email statement, Satsuma's Executive Chairman Ranald McGregor-Smith said the company is exploring options to facilitate these requests while protecting the interests of all shareholders. (The Block)